The apology and related dialogues

Socrates, one of the first of the great philosophers, left no written works. What survives of his thought are second-hand...

Luxemburg and her neighbours a record of the political fortunes of the present grand duchy from the eve of the french revolution to the great war

A grand delusion america's descent into vietnam

A Grand Delusion is the first comprehensive single-volume American political history of the Vietnam War. Spanning the years 1945 to...

The dark valley a panorama of the

A magisterial, unprecedented overview of the clouded and turbulent years before World War II. It was a decade dominated worldwide...

One hundred years of struggle the history of women and the vote in canada

On the eve of celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote in Canada comes a book, the first...

Powerful times rising to the challenge of our uncertain world

Understand the most revolutionary human transformation in four centuries... and prepare for it! We're not just living through an age...

The story of canada

From the epic journeys into the unknown by the first people who crossed the Berring land bridge thousands of years...

The lion's gate on the front lines of the six day war

From the bestselling author of Gates of Fire and Killing Rommel, the thrilling true story of one of the most...

Where the negroes are masters an african port in the era of the slave trade

Annamaboe was the largest slave trading port on the eighteenth-century Gold Coast, and it was home to successful, wily African...

The great war a combat history of the first world war

World War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies...

An elusive science the troubling history of education research

Since its beginnings at the start of the 20th century, educational scholarship has been a marginal field, criticized by public...

In the province of history the making of the public past in twentieth century nova scotia

Using archival sources, novels, government reports, and works on tourism and heritage, Ian McKay and Robin Bates look at how...

At the table food and family around the world

What's for dinner? Not just in America, but around the world? And how is it cooked, what's the historical significance...

The redemption of oscar wolf

A young First Nations man sets out from his Muskoka home in a quest for redemption after a terrible fire....

Riverdale east of the don

Heritage Toronto Book Award — Shortlisted, Non-Fiction Book A popular history of the Riverdale area of Toronto, including Playter Estates...

Quebec the story of three sieges

Manning's account of the final battle on the Plains of Abraham is a detailed analysis of General Wolfe's genius and...

The day the revolution began reconsidering the meaning of jesus's crucifixion

The renowned scholar, Anglican bishop, and bestselling author widely considered to be the heir to C. S. Lewis contemplates the...

Juno beach a window on canada in world war ii

During World War II, Canada stood alongside its allies, summoning all its human, industrial and financial resources, and mobilizing the...

Dominion the history of england from the battle of waterloo to victoria's diamond jubilee

"Ackroyd, as always, is well worth the read." ―Kirkus, starred review Dominion, the fifth volume of Peter Ackroyd’s masterful History...

100 amazing facts about the negro

The first edition of Joel Augustus Rogers’s now legendary 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof, published in...

The storm before the storm the beginning of the end of the roman republic

The creator of the award-winning podcast series The History of Rome and Revolutions brings to life the bloody battles, political...

Hostages to fortune the united empire loyalists and the making of canada

Esteemed Canadian author Peter C. Newman recounts the dramatic journey of the United Empire Loyalists—their exodus from America, their resettlement...

Curse of the narrows

Finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction National Bestseller The events of the horrific Halifax explosion are well...

What makes civilization? the ancient near east and the future of the west

In What Makes Civilization?, archaeologist David Wengrow provides a vivid new account of the 'birth of civilization' in ancient Egypt...